Excavation/Discovery Date:
1957
ID By:
130 - L.S.B. Leakey
ID Date:
Research Team:
264 - Leakey family expedition
Repository:
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?)
Bibilographic Information:
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Curatorial Notes:
This specimen is pictured in plates 59 and 60. It is from a female. Original information indicated that this specimen was located in Nairobi. This specimen is likely within the material that was repatriated to Dar in 2011, but this has yet to be confirmed.

1957.56 P.P.T.3

CODI ID:
139
Arch. Locality:
18 - VEK
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
CRA-f, L/R-HOR
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Suborder:
Ruminantia
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Bovoidea
Family:
Bovidae
Subfamily:
Hippotraginae
Tribe:
Hippotragini
Genus:
Hippotragus
Species:
gigas
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Paratype
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
I
Level:
upper
In Situ:
Yes
Stratigraphic Horizon:
Upper Villafranchian

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